Hefty prizes and intensive action will keep your energies high for the awaited tournament of the year, ESL One Bangkok 2024. It gathers together the elite teams to battle for pride and win the $1,000,000 prize pool. Moreover, this tournament takes place at the Royal Paragon Hall of Bangkok, Thailand, from December 9 to December 15, 2024. Certainly, the premier event promises to deliver the most competitive fights and stakes across all matches.
Tournament Structure and Format
Competition will roll off in Bangkok, Thailand, starting on December 9, 2024, until December 15, 2024. The ESL Bangkok 2024 adopts a format split between group stages and the playoffs. With this, teams will engage in tight competition to save themselves a spot until the grand finals.
Ready for the group stages to commence in a single round-robin system that determines their playoff brackets. From twelve teams, they will form into two groups to begin the group stages and play matches in a thrilling two-game series. Their earned points will be based on their performances throughout these group stage matches.
After that, only the top two teams from each group get to advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs. Meanwhile, the teams finishing third and fourth proceed in the lower bracket of the tournament. Moreover, teams will continue to battle in the Playoffs scheduled for December 13 to December 15, 2024.
It features a double-elimination bracket format that will give teams a run for their wins. This time, they will play the playoff matches in a best-of-three series except for the grand final match. The top two teams are better ready for the grand final as it will be a test of resiliency, strategy, and teamwork. They will play in a competitive best-of-five series to determine the champions of the tournament.
Participating Teams and Qualification Process
With twelve teams setting their journey towards glory, only one will snatch the crown. The ESL Bangkok 2024 took a tedious qualification process to complete the teams on the list. One of them being the EPT Leaderboard, where four teams secured their positions through their ranking scores. Here are the teams that qualify under this:
- Team Falcons
- BetBoom Team
- Team Spirit
- PARIVISION
On the other hand, Team Liquid entered the tournament through their victory in the Western Europe regional qualifier. However, most spots remain empty as the regional closed qualifiers are still underway. Currently, here are the regions that will be joining in the competition:
- Western Europe (1 additional slot)
- Eastern Europe
- MESWA (Middle East, South West Asia)
- China
- Southeast Asia
- North America
- South America
Prize Pool Distribution and EPT Points
ESL One Bangkok 2024 boasts its impressive prize pool following the event’s major sponsors. Besides the glory, the teams will take their shares from the astounding prize pool amounting to $1,000,000. This serves as one of the largest for the Dota 2 esports scene and rewards the top performers heavily.
The champion of the tournament gets to take home $300,000, while the runner-up receives $175,000. On the other hand, the third placer will receive $120,000 for their performance as fourth place earns $85,000. With these prizes, the teams are even more eager to win all their matches in the ESL One Bangkok 2024.
Aside from the monetary rewards, the winning teams also get ESL Pro Tour (EPT) points that add up to their ranking. So far, a total of 20,940 EPT points are waiting for these teams to compete and see their standing. The champion team will earn a total of 4,8000 base points and an additional 480 points from the group stages. It’ll be helpful for teams who want to clinch the top spot in the tournament.
Conclusion
ESL One Bangkok 2024 is one of the anticipated tournaments of the year for the Dota 2 community. Expect grandness for this premiere event as it begins on December 9, 2024-December 15, 2024. With this, twelve global top teams will compete for the championship and the prize pool of $1,000,000. This tournament will bring out the intense matches to perfectly end the year.
